If you need to make a large amount of encaustic medium, consider buying beeswax in blocks. It takes longer to melt, but you can just toss a block or more into your pot rather than handle pellets ...

AND THEN THE SECOND TYPE OF WAX THAT I USE IS SOMETHING THAT'S CALLED KARMA EARNEST ENCAUSTIC MEDIUM. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE INSIDE THAT PACKAGE ARE THESE LITTLE PELLETS. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF RESIN ...

Encaustic wax is a challenging medium to master. Outside of ancient practitioners, one notable encaustic painter is Jasper Johns. Caughey uses encaustic and other mixed media, “to create tension ...

while other artists packed up their wares to take home. Lang works in encaustic, an ancient medium of pigment and hot wax that’s resurging in popularity. The wax technique dates to at least the ...

The challenge of heating and cooling the beeswax captures the dynamic of chaos and demands control unlike that of any other painting medium. Encaustic medium is creating a wide variety of effect ...